"But," Lu Jin hesitated, "but the protagonists of this joke are Guan Zanfu and his two siblings!"
"Serves them right! Do they still have the nerve to do this in the market town?" Zhou Xiang would not give them face.
Ling Ran glared at him, "Go and do it quickly. When things get lively, call us and we'll go take a look and deal with that Liu Hui while we're at it."
"yes!"
After Lu Jin ran out of Zhou's house, he called Tian Cheng, and then went to the front yard to arrange everyone's work. Although he sympathized with Guan Zanfu and his two siblings, he thought that the show arranged by his sister-in-law would definitely be very interesting, and he was looking forward to it!
Ling Ran sat next to the little girl and asked, "Why don't you tell your godfather and the others in advance?"
Zhou thought about it for a moment and nodded, "Just tell me! With my godmother's personality, it's better to give her a heads-up."
The two of them left the living room. Mr. Xiao was about to accompany his granddaughter to get acupuncture! So a group of people went to the Liangpi stall together.
Old Master Xiao had been interested in Liangpi for a long time, but he was embarrassed to come. This time when Zhou Xiang came, he was not even in a hurry about his granddaughter's acupuncture. The most important thing was to eat Liangpi first.
Aunt Guan quickly cut and mixed the cold noodles for everyone, and Guan Bo sat down with her.
"Why are you eating cold noodles right after breakfast?"
"I have something to tell my godfather. It's Old Master Xiao who's craving for food."
Old Master Xiao took the chopsticks and started eating without any hesitation.
Xiao Xiaoxiao also ate it first out of curiosity.
Soon, Aunt Guan brought two more bowls. Xiao Ding and Xiao Guo took them and ate them. They couldn't help themselves when they saw how happily Mr. Xiao was eating.
Old Master Xiao finished eating quickly and called out to Aunt Guan, "Little Guan's wife, give me another bowl, with more cold noodles and less side dishes."
"Okay!" Aunt Guan agreed happily. All the old men in Beijing love the cold noodles she made!
Zhou Xiang looked at Old Man Xiao and said, "This is cold and spicy. Just one more bowl will be enough. Come back for more tomorrow."
Old Master Xiao nodded, then sighed and said, "I wish I had come earlier to eat. It really whets my appetite. I should go back in a few days."
Zhou wanted to reply: "It seems like you have a poor appetite every day."
Guan Bo heard another sentence, "Old man, why don't you stay here for a few more days? Why are you in such a hurry to go back? The capital is not as fun as our little place."
Mr. Xiao agreed, "This place is nice, although it's shabby and the people are ignorant, but I sleep peacefully at night. Since I came here, I have never had insomnia. I go to bed early and wake up early every day.
It's a pity that I can't stay long. If it weren't for my granddaughter's illness, I wouldn't easily travel far. I'm old and I miss home!"
As he was speaking, he was almost done with his second bowl. Seeing Xiao Ding and Xiao Guo pushing and shoving each other, Old Master Xiao glared at them, "What the hell, I told you to control your aunt to give you two more bowls. You're so timid and effeminate."
Xiao Ding and Xiao Guo's faces flushed, but they still shouted loudly: "Aunt Guan, let's each have two more bowls."
"Okay!" Aunt Guan was already making it for them. How could one bowl be enough for a big boy?
Guan Bo turned to Zhou Xiang, who was leisurely eating cold noodles, and asked, "Girl, what do you want to see me about?"
Zhou wanted to put down her chopsticks, but Ling Ran knew she had no appetite, so he poured the remaining food in her bowl into his own.
Old Master Xiao nodded at him, saying that he was a good young man who would eat the leftovers from his wife's bowl.
Zhou Xiang looked at Old Man Xiao, a little hesitant. Guan Bo waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter. Old Man knows everything about that day. What could be worse than that day?"
Zhou Xiang did not hesitate and told Guan Zanfu everything she wanted to know about the reasons for Guan Zanfu's business failure, and then she discovered Liu Hui's abnormality.
Finally, he explained his previous arrangements, "Godfather! I just wanted to embarrass that woman, and teach Lili and her two siblings a lesson. They've already lost all their face in the market town.
If they think that what I did was embarrassing them, then they are truly hopeless. Filial piety does not exist in their lives."
Guan Bo waved his hands, "It's okay! You did the right thing. You still care about them. If you didn't care about them, you would have let their money be taken away by Liu Hui and that woman. Alas, you did it all for me. Get that money back, and don't give it to them. They can't keep it. They don't have that kind of luck."
Seeing that his godfather didn't blame him, Zhou Xiang felt relieved. "I'll give the money to you when I get it back. Think of it as your retirement money."
Guan Bo waved his hand, "I don't want it. I'm the same. I can't keep the money. If I have a little money, it will attract their attention. I don't want to be involved with them.
You take that money, give some bonuses to the people who help you, and put the rest into the blacksmith shop!"
"If godfather doesn't want it, give it to godmother." Zhou Xiang looked at Aunt Guan beside the stall.
Aunt Guan quickly waved her hands and said, "I don't want it either. I've thought it through clearly. Only by breaking it off can we avoid trouble. As long as you get the money back, we won't feel upset.
Just wait and see, when they become poor and destitute, they will come back to rely on us. Your godfather and I have the same idea, that is, we owe these four children in our previous life.
Alas! I don’t know if I can resist my grandchildren with my temperament! If they use children to lure me, I will probably be soft-hearted again.
Zhou Xiang looked at Guan Bo and asked quietly, "How did godmother figure it out so quickly?"
Guan Bo blinked and whispered back, "Don't think I didn't hear what you said to her the other day. It's over now. I don't care about them. I have a daughter, which is enough for me."
Old Master Xiao pushed the bowl away and said with a smile: "Yes, Xiao Guan, you are so lucky to have such a daughter. Many people want to have it but can't! Look, as soon as you became her godfather, she protected you, the unfilial son who threw you out."
Guan Bo nodded, "Yes! My lifelong blessing is here, I will be blessed in the future!"
The godmother was also smiling, not at all the sad face Zhou Xiang had imagined. It must have been the godfather who persuaded her not to cause trouble for him. The godfather was really a good father. It was a pity that Guan Zanfu and his family did not know how to appreciate their blessings.
Grandpa Xiao took his granddaughter to get acupuncture. Xiao Guo put down ten dollars and ran away. Aunt Guan couldn't catch up with her, so she handed her to Zhou Xiang and asked her to take her back.
Zhou wanted to push it back to her, "Godmother! If you don't accept the money, they will be embarrassed to come and eat tomorrow. Accept it, and then don't charge tomorrow. Just say it's enough for a few days, and they will leave in three or four days."
"Okay then!" Aunt Guan took out a handkerchief from her pocket, carefully rolled up ten yuan in it, and put it back into her trouser pocket.
Zhou Xiang watched and felt that the lesson for Guan Zanfu and the others was not enough.
After the two left, Guan Bo took his wife's hand and said, "You did the right thing just now. We don't want the money. We will definitely provide for our retirement in the future, so just give it to her."
Aunt Guan nodded and said, "I know. Whether I or you take the money, it will eventually be taken away by the children. They haven't learned their lesson yet. Without money, they won't do it anymore."
"Yes, I'll just wait and see what they do in the end and how they deal with Liu Hui. We shouldn't get involved. Lili has her own ideas. Whether they're good or bad, she'll have to bear the consequences herself."
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